V. I. Lenin

To:HIS MOTHER

Published:First published in 1929 in the JournalProletarskaya RevolyutsiyaNo. 11.

      Sent to Moscow.

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Berlin, den 10. August 1895

Ido not know whether you received my last letter which
I sent from here about a week ago. I will repeat my address,
just in case: Berlin, Moabit, Flensburgerstrasse, 12II(bei
Frau Kurreick) Herrn W. Ulianoff.

Iam fixed up here very well—a few steps away from
me is the Tiergarten (a splendid park, the best and biggest
in Berlin), the Spree, where I bathe every day, and a station
of the urban railway. There is a railway here that traverses
the whole town (above the streets). The trains run every
five minutes, so it is easy for me to go “to town” (Moabit,
where I am living, is actually considered a suburb).

Theonly bad thing is the language—I understand far
less conversational German than French. The pronunciation
of the Germans is so unlike what I am accustomed to that
I do not even understand public speeches, although in France
I understood practically everything in such speeches from
the very outset. The day before yesterday I was at the
theatre; they played Hauptmann’sThe Weavers. Although
I had read the whole play beforehand in order to be able
to follow it, I could not catch all the phrases. Still, I am not
discouraged and only regret that I have too little time to
study the language thoroughly.

Regardsto all,

Yours,V. U.

Ifyou have already sent me some money, please write
and let me know immediately; if not, send it here.

Ihave had no letters from you for such a long time,
probably because they (the letters) are following me around
in my wanderings.